Claudius Maximus (governor)

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Claudius Maximus was a Roman senator and is occupied during the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius (138-161) from August 1, 150 to November 3, 154 AD as governor of the province of Pannonia superior (Upper Pannonia).

The period of his governorship is limited by two military diplomas. The last known mention of his predecessor Marcus Pontius Laelianus Larcius Sabinus in this office relates to July 5, 149 AD, so that Claudius Maximus could have assumed the governorship this year. The ancient historian Géza Alföldy (1935–2011) suspected the end of his governorship for the year 155 AD, as he considered a change of office during the winter months to be unlikely. The governor, who immediately followed Claudius Maximus, is so far unknown. His successor in turn was Marcus Nonius Macrinus , who is named in the diploma of June 21, 159.

During the tenure of Claudius Maximus, several troops were withdrawn from the Upper Pannonian border to fight the Moors in the African province of Mauretania Caesariensis under the local procurator Porcius Vetustinus . In 150, under Porcius Vetustinus, several Upper Pannonian soldiers were granted Roman citizenship on the occasion of their release. The aforementioned diploma dated August 1, 150, which Claudius Maximus mentions, also belonged to these imperial constitutions.

Whether Claudius Maximus is identical with the Lower Pannonian governor Maximus, for whom the inhabitants of the camp suburb of Aquincum erected a now mutilated inscription, has been highly controversial since the emergence of this theory by the archaeologist Jenő Fitz (1921–2011). The epigraphist Barnabás Lőrincz (1951–2012) saw temporal difficulties with this interpretation as early as 1972.

Remarks

  1. ^ A b Barbara Pferdehirt : Roman military diplomas and dismissal certificates in the collection of the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, part 1. Verlag des Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseums, Mainz 2004, ISBN 3884670867 , p. 108.
  2. ↑ CIL 16.99 ; CIL 16, 104 .
  3. ↑ CIL 16,97 .
  4. ^ Barbara Pferdehirt: Roman military diplomas and dismissal certificates in the collection of the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, part 1. Verlag des Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Mainz 2004, ISBN 3884670867 , p. 122.
  5. ^ Andreas Gutsfeld: Roman rule and native resistance in North Africa. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3515055495 , p. 109.
  6. ↑ CIL 3, 10336 .
  7. ^ Barnabás Lőrincz: C. Iulius Commodus Orfitianus. In: Annales Universitatis Scientiarum Budapestinensis de Rolando Eötvös nominatae. Sectio classica, 1-6. Budapest 1972. p. 67.
personal data
SURNAME Claudius Maximus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION roman senator
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century